Incised River Channels : Processes, Forms, Engineering, and Management by Andrew Simon (1999, Hardcover)

Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

0471984469

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Incised River Channels : Processes, Forms, Engineering, and Management

Andrew Simon

Hardcover

English

Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, Earth Sciences / General

1999

Nature, Science

452 Pages

9.9in

1.2in

7in

35.1 Oz

Gb561.I53 1999

Nature and Significance of Incised River Channels. Causes and Controls of Channel Incision. PROCESSES, FORMS AND INCISED CHANNEL EVOLUTION. Sediment Transport Processes and Channel Incision: Mised SizeSediment Transport, Degradation and Armouring. Oscillartory Tesponses versus Progressive Degradation of IncisedChannels in Southeastern Australia. Bank Processes and Channel Evolution in the Incised Rivers ofNorth-Central Mississippi. Streambank Mechanics and the Role of Bank and Near Bank Processesin Incised Channel Evolution. Evolution of Arroyos: Incised Channels of the Southwestern UnitedStates. Incised Bedrock Channels. Incised Channels and Riparian Vegetation, Form and Process. Erosional Processes at an Abrupt Channel Head: Implications forChannel Entrenchment and Discontinuous Gully Formation. Simulation of Gully Erosion and Bistable Landforms. ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT OF INCISED RIVERS. Environmental Effects of Channel Incision and RemedialStrategies. Stream Channel Restoration and Erosion Control for Incised Channelsin Alpine Environments. Geomorphological Approaches to Incised Stream Channel Restorationin the United States and Europe.

1999

98-033225

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